- Joined
- Oct 20, 2001
- Location
- KC, MO
I need some help! I am putting together a system right now for a friend and I'm having trouble like you wouldn't believe. Here are the specs:
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Barton
MoBo: Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
Optical Device: Sony DVD/CD-RW
HDD: Maxtor 80GB SATA 7,200 rpm w/ 8MB cache
Memory: GEIL Golden Dragon Dual Channel DDR 400 (set-up for single channel and with only one stick in)
Floppy: generic
Video Card: Asus 9600XT 128MB 8x AGP
HS: Zalman CNPS7000-Cu
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 3
BIOS: 1008
Power Source: generic 550watt
The system boots fine and everything is OK until I try to do the fresh install of Win XP. It starts and I hit F6 to load the drivers for the SATA and do so when prompted. The install starts right back up after this is done but when the message; Starting windows install now; pops up, the system locks up hard! I tried a regular EIDE HDD and I got the same result! Is their something I am missing or is the mobo giving me S***? I have been working on this system for 2 monthes now mainly because the first 2 boards from Aopen were d.o.a and had to be R.M.A.'ed / returned for refund. I am at wits end right now and so is the guy I am building it for! Any help would be apprecated and THANK YOU in advance!!!
P.S.~ I have been to AMDMB and NForcesHQ both and nothing suggested has worked!
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2600+ Barton
MoBo: Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe
Optical Device: Sony DVD/CD-RW
HDD: Maxtor 80GB SATA 7,200 rpm w/ 8MB cache
Memory: GEIL Golden Dragon Dual Channel DDR 400 (set-up for single channel and with only one stick in)
Floppy: generic
Video Card: Asus 9600XT 128MB 8x AGP
HS: Zalman CNPS7000-Cu
Thermal Paste: Arctic Silver 3
BIOS: 1008
Power Source: generic 550watt
The system boots fine and everything is OK until I try to do the fresh install of Win XP. It starts and I hit F6 to load the drivers for the SATA and do so when prompted. The install starts right back up after this is done but when the message; Starting windows install now; pops up, the system locks up hard! I tried a regular EIDE HDD and I got the same result! Is their something I am missing or is the mobo giving me S***? I have been working on this system for 2 monthes now mainly because the first 2 boards from Aopen were d.o.a and had to be R.M.A.'ed / returned for refund. I am at wits end right now and so is the guy I am building it for! Any help would be apprecated and THANK YOU in advance!!!
P.S.~ I have been to AMDMB and NForcesHQ both and nothing suggested has worked!